Price tag



May s, 1928. 1,669,390

F. KOHNLE PRICE TAG Filed Feb. 19, 1925 All i hvento'o Patented May s,1928.

UNITED STATES I 1 r 1,669,390 PATENT OFFICE;

FREDERICK KOI'INLEQOF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MONARCH MARKING SYS-TEN, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO. i

7 PRICE TAG.

Application filed February 19, 1925. Serial No. 10,380.

preferably into the underside of the tag, for f guarding the point.Thedeforming of the pin is preferably accomplished inits application tothe tag and merchandise followingthe method set forth and made thesubject matter of a separate application filed by me .on May 12th, 1928,and patented March 3, 1925, No. 1,528,023. r

This method is susceptible to machine operations for quickly andeiiicientlyengaging I the pin through the tan and merchandise and iii)at the same time crimping or bending the pin to anchor it againstaccidental withdrawal and pierce the point into the tag to guard thesame or conceal the point between the underside of the tag and adjacentface side of the merchandise and angled so that itwill not penetratethrough either the tag or merchandise. r

Many different types of metallic fasteners in the form of wire clips andstaples have been employed for securing: price tags upon fabricmerchandise, all. of which in some degree have been, foundobjectionable, either as readily susceptible to corrosion, unadaptablefor use in conjunction with a tag mark- .in g. and applyingmachine;diflicult 'to re move by the user Without iniury to the hands orgoods,or their point ends too blunt to pass through a certain quality ofoods with out injury to the fibre of the goods, and as the fastenersgenerally were combined with the tag it is not feasible under prevailingmethods of manufacture for rapid and economical production to highlysurface finish the fastener toserve as the commercial or common. pin.The common pin is made under very highly developed processes ofmanufacture and of such common usage that everyone understands how toremove the pin in a correct manner. i

It represents a very small gauge round wire material with appropriatestability and rigidity having a long tapering and fine pointed end foreasy 7 piercing through the material to which it is to be applied thuscan be attached to the finest Woven fabric material WVltllOUhdlfi-WIDQor permanently separating the threads its entire surface is highlypolished and preservedagainst corro sion and its headedfend. facilitatesits insertion or removal to and from the we and merchandise and isalsoo't' a structurevery applicable for use for tag machineiapplication.I

It'istherefore an object of the invention to,

utilize the commercial pin as a fastener for securing a ta g to fabricmerchandise with the pin having; a crimped or bent portion preferablytowardthe "point end thereof to I extended in an inclined direction toprick into the tag so that the point will be guarded mercialpindeformedto possess the char acteristics heretofore mentioned.

Figureffl is a section on line Fig. 1. y I

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view of parts of a tag: machinefor applying thepin to the tag and merchandise and for crimping andbending the point endof project the pin point into the body of the tagfrom the outside thereof. H I If Figured is a modification of tagproviding an" aperture for receiving the head of the pin when applied.7, As the method of applying the pin to the tag and merchandise ispreferably practiced in connection with a tag'marking machine, it ispreferable to describe the invention in such capacity of use. The tagsusually are arranged in gang or strip leneth and provisioned for stepfeeding so that'they may the pin to properly anchor the same and to v rwithhold the pin against accidental removal be successively operatedupon and moved between cooperating? die and anvil members forappropriately supporting andcondition ing the tag andmer'chandise toreceive the pin adaptingthe pin to be engaged through and through thegoods and tan several times in an approximate longitudinal direction andprotected and which can be removed by 7 and deformed for appropriatelysecuring the pin in position and protecting the point thereof.

Thus in Fig. 3 the tag 1 and fabric incrchandise 2 through which the pin3 is engaged is shown as inserted between a die plate 4 and an anvilheaded plunger 5, the die being rigidly mounted and the plunger adaptedto be reciprocated toward and from the die plate, the mechanism toroperating the plunger however herein not disclosed.

The die plate is shown as recessed and the anvil correspondingly roundedto press the tag and goods therebetween into bowed or curved form sothat the pin *an be passed longitudinally through the tag and goodsseveral times preferably initially entering from the face side of thetag so that the head of the pin will be exposed to such side of the tagand accessible for engagement when it is desired to remove the pin fromthe tag and goods. The pin is shown as passing through the tag and goodsand thence from the reverse or lower side of the goods again passingthrough the goods and tag to the face side of the tag and thence fromthe face side of the tag through the tag with the point inclined or benttoprick or pierce into the tag, and preterablyto a degree which will notpass completely through the tag. The pin passes through a channel orgroovc'6 in the head end of the plunger so as to properly guide the sameto engage into a pin bending recess '7 formed in the die plate forcrimping or bending the forward or point end and to direct the samedownwardly through the tag and into engagement with the guide plate 8beneath the tag by directing and bending the point of the pin upwardlyor to an angle or incline to pierce into the underside of the tagconcealing and guarding the point within the ply thickness of the tag,or, if the ply of the tag is too thin to inibed the point therein, tobring the point between the lower side of the tag and adjacent side ofthe. tabric secured to the tag.

The downward crimping gives the point end portion a slight hook bend.Sutiicient to anchor the pin against accidental withdrawal in thehandling of the ticketed goods. The bowing ot' the tag and goods is to adegree sufiicient to enable the pin to pass through the tag and goodsseveral times in a straight line with the head exposed on the face sideof the tag and the point iinbcdded into the tag body either from theface or r iderside of the t and which will not perinit the pin point tobe extracted with any yield oi the ta g when released from between theanvil and die. The pin preferably is insu'ted medially of the tag withthe head of the pin at the head of the tag as oii'ering,

the best position for securely fastening the to the goods and the tagbeing slightly bowed is thus reinforced to sustain the opposite side ofthe tug against upward lapping or flexing, nor does the pin produce aline along which the tag can be readily torn or bent. I

Forming the crimp at the pointeud of the pin adapts the same to belocated at a free end of the tag. it however is obvious that the pincould be otherwise crimped or bentit a more permanent anchoring isrequired.

The drawings show the pin crimp slightly exaggerated for the purpose ofillustration. The crimp or corrugations of the pin in the product are ofsuch degree of arch which provide for the pin contact against the tagirtaces, so as not to form too great an obstruction to pin withdrawal,although for some uses the corrugations can be Very pronounced.

Having described my invention, '1 claim:

A merchandise price marking tag comprising a tag, and a commercial pinhaving pointed andheadcd relatively opposite ends, the pin engagedthrough the tag and inerchandise and the point end of the pin criinpedto extend through the tag only from the face side thereof and direct thepoint at an angle against the underside of the tag, with the crimp ofacharacter to restrain accidcntal withdrawal of the pin.

y In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name.

FREDERICK KOHNLE.

